Cumberland River

[GeoFisher]

Can I make it to the dam with a 10 ft jon boat and a trolling motor if they are releasing with one generator?

Thanks.

Any other advice? I am going this weekend.

No........

With the Sluise gate........maybe.

I tried a few years ago with a 14ft and a 35lb trolling motor.......I had to use my 7.5hp outboard most the time for going back up the river.

I've been able to paddle up river in my canoe with the sluise gate running.

Later,

Geo

[GeoFisher]

does anyone know the conditions........are they running 1 generator...........or are they just running the sluise gate??

Thanks,

Geo

[kyshorthair]

Looks like they are back running only the sluice dam, check the link below. With this amount of water, which is not that much, but still enough that it would be really slow going with only a trolling motor against the current. Running a shuttle from the dam to Helm's Landing would be a good option though.


http://www.lakeinfo.tva.gov/htbin/la...BMIT=View+data